docs: def _start(self):
          '''Requests bot information based on current api_key, and sets
          self.whoami to dictionary with username, first_name, and id of the
          configured bot.
  
          '''
          if self.whoami is None:
              me = self.get_me()
              if me.get('ok', False):
                  self.whoami = me['result']
              else:
                  raise ValueError('Bot Cannot request information, check '
                                   'api_key')